Facilitation (Optional). a. If, after receiving the answer at Step III, the employee remains aggrieved, the Association may choose to pursue the facilitation option. If the Association so chooses, the Association shall submit a written request for facilitation to the Superintendent within ten (10) days of receiving the Step III decision. b. Within five (5) days of receiving the request for facilitation, the Superintendent or his/her designee shall consult with the Association regarding the Board’s amenability to facilitation. c. If the parties agree to the facilitation option, the Board and the Association shall contact a third party facilitator, which may include Federal Mediation and Conciliation Services, to schedule a facilitation meeting. d. At the first date available to the facilitator and to the parties, but not later than fifteen (15) days after the parties agreed to seek facilitation, the parties shall meet with the facilitator and submit to him/her the issues set forth in the grievance. e. Time lines may be extended by mutual consent. f. If the facilitation process is not successful and the employee remains aggrieved, within ten (10) days of the date of the facilitation meeting the Association may proceed to Arbitration, by submitting to the Superintendent a written notice of its intent to submit the grievance to arbitration. The time lines and procedures set forth in F., Arbitration, shall be followed.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
